Alan Fellows driving a Guy Warrior CNL266B
Aye I remember Allan, The last time I spoke to him was at S/Harbour, He was walking his dog & stopped for a chat with Geo Henderson & myself, mind you thats a canny while back 15, years maybe, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
0Fast Line Parts for the haulage men. Regards Larry.
Cracking bunch of lads
Frankydobo:
Bob Casey rings a bell here too, although I canāt put a face to the name yet, have a good look in the loft Tynexdaz you might find more than one pic of past old motors your Dad drove. If my Father was still alive he would be 85 now so in the same age range as your Dad, they could well have known each other from those days. Also try and ask him as much as you can now, if heās still able to remember back then, my old man couldnāt really tell you what heād done the week before but he recalled many tales from early days, just wish Iād asked a lot more before he died when he was Eighty. Iām having a think of the names of old Ellis drivers, one I easily remember is Alan Webster as he was an Uncle of my mate Phil who I worked alongside as apprenticeās. Your Dad will remember Yorky and Taff and Chick the Union Shop Steward (Surnames havenāt come back yet!). I need someone to jog my memory too! Cheers Franky.
franky if i remember the shop steward was blondie pearson went on to work shunting in the shipyards regards jimmy
Blondie Pearson ā ā ?< Im sure there was a B/P worked for Smiler in the early days, it was before I worked there but his name cropped up serveral times, They drivers said he used to play some sort of musical caper , he had a pole with attachments of some sort, he used to go round the bars where compeitions were held, any of yous oldies know anything, ?, Regards Larry
jimmy logan wrote
franky if i remember the shop steward was blondie pearson went on to work shunting in the shipyards regards jimmy
Jim you could be right, I might have got wires crossed, just wish I could remember more from then. Do any of you recall Adam Atkinson from Birtley, I have a pic in my book of the BRS by Roundoak Publishing of a Maudsley Maharanee tractor unit and Tandem Flat (14 Ton payload) from around the late Forties in his name, it was still during Nationalization as the letters BTC (British Transport Commission) are in brackets after the name. Anyone know how long they survived or who took them over. I would put the pic on here but no doubt the copyright police would object!
Cheers Franky.
Aye vaguely, I can remember seeing one of their old motors in a breakers yard at Ferrybridge near where the old A 1 went accross the road bridge near the power station, but that was in the 50s, Regards Larry.
jimmy logan:
Frankydobo:
Bob Casey rings a bell here too, although I canāt put a face to the name yet, have a good look in the loft Tynexdaz you might find more than one pic of past old motors your Dad drove. If my Father was still alive he would be 85 now so in the same age range as your Dad, they could well have known each other from those days. Also try and ask him as much as you can now, if heās still able to remember back then, my old man couldnāt really tell you what heād done the week before but he recalled many tales from early days, just wish Iād asked a lot more before he died when he was Eighty. Iām having a think of the names of old Ellis drivers, one I easily remember is Alan Webster as he was an Uncle of my mate Phil who I worked alongside as apprenticeās. Your Dad will remember Yorky and Taff and Chick the Union Shop Steward (Surnames havenāt come back yet!). I need someone to jog my memory too! Cheers Franky.franky if i remember the shop steward was blondie pearson went on to work shunting in the shipyards regards jimmy
hi franky i see the name chick was that chick oneil who worked for pg walton with my uncle pixie who went on to work for cawthorn and sinclair at birtley another ellis driver i remember was big davy lockhart regards jimmy
Jimmy I can remember Chic Oneal working for R&N Transport along with Robbo, & Fatty Armstrong, they ran London mostley, Also big Davy Lockhart, the last time I saw him, he was driving for Quinn, they had a mixer plant at Newburn, mind you thats a bloody long time ago, Regards Larry.
Aye cheers for that Jim, I had a memory somewhere Chick was the Union man donāt know why, I recall Davy now too, amazing what comes back once a Surname is heard again, Iāll have to have a good think of other names. I was raking about today in the cupboards having a clear out and came across this Fergusons phamplet from around 92/93, there will be some faces and names known on it by a few on here, enjoy the read. Franky.
By the way if you left click on the pages they will enlarge for those short of lamp oil! Franky.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Jimmy I can remember Chic Oneal working for R&N Transport along with Robbo, & Fatty Armstrong, they ran London mostley, Also big Davy Lockhart, the last time I saw him, he was driving for Quinn, they had a mixer plant at Newburn, mind you thats a bloody long time ago, Regards Larry.
Larry, I think Davy Lockhart also worked for Crowās. Iām sure Ralph will confirm this. Regards Kev.
Aye your right Kev, he also worked for the Cally, I remember him with a 4 wheeler Albion at the Derry one night, There was a Jock not too happy the way Davy was parked, he was ā ā ā ā ā ā & blinding at him, Well he got quite a shocked when Davey stepped down from the old Albion & was the same height out of the cab as he was sitting in it, smiling he said to the jock is there anything else you want to say before I get riled, the jock backed down & walked away, I suppose he didnt fancy a set of false noshers , but having said that Davey was a canny bloke, & a good grafter, Happy Days Eh, Regards Larry.
Ive just had a thought about all the hauliers around Newcastle & Gateshead area, To many to mention but there must be a lot of the old drivers like myself still about, It would be nice to hear from them, & perhaps get some of them to the next get together in June at the Labour Club in the Toon, We are a dying breed, so come on you oldies come out & enjoy yourseleves while you still can, Regards Larry
Hi Kev Yes both Chic Oneal and Davy Lockhart worked at Crowās mind that was a long long time ago Regards Ralph
kevmac47:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Jimmy I can remember Chic Oneal working for R&N Transport along with Robbo, & Fatty Armstrong, they ran London mostley, Also big Davy Lockhart, the last time I saw him, he was driving for Quinn, they had a mixer plant at Newburn, mind you thats a bloody long time ago, Regards Larry.Larry, I think Davy Lockhart also worked for Crowās. Iām sure Ralph will confirm this. Regards Kev.
hiya,
Does anybody remember C & S having a fleet of Thames Trader artics (single axle trailers) these I think were specifically for use on the AEI job and used to run to AEI Ponders End on a nightly trunk ā ā , at the time I was doing a similiar job to the same place but with an Octopus and drag again on nights but I was at that time still living in Lancashire and we all used the digs just outside the Ponders End factory gates the digs were spot on and well run by one of AEIās own day drivers I was the only driver for my firm whereas there was always quite a few of Cawthorns lads this must have been the late 50s early 60s they also had there own shunter and got there motors turned round and roped and sheeted the trailer lad and me had to tip/load and re-rope and sheet before I got to go to bed but give the Enfield lads their due they did turn me round very quickly and I parked in their yard until going home time and in those days it was good traffic all loads being forklifted multipacks of TV tubes, piece of cake ehā. PS my trip was 100 miles shorter than the Geordie boys.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Does anybody remember C & S having a fleet of Thames Trader artics (single axle trailers) these I think were specifically for use on the AEI job and used to run to AEI Ponders End on a nightly trunk ā ā , at the time I was doing a similiar job to the same place but with an Octopus and drag again on nights but I was at that time still living in Lancashire and we all used the digs just outside the Ponders End factory gates the digs were spot on and well run by one of AEIās own day drivers I was the only driver for my firm whereas there was always quite a few of Cawthorns lads this must have been the late 50s early 60s they also had there own shunter and got there motors turned round and roped and sheeted the trailer lad and me had to tip/load and re-rope and sheet before I got to go to bed but give the Enfield lads their due they did turn me round very quickly and I parked in their yard until going home time and in those days it was good traffic all loads being forklifted multipacks of TV tubes, piece of cake ehā. PS my trip was 100 miles shorter than the Geordie boys.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry, Iām just a nipper compared to you, 
so I donāt remember C&Sās Traders, but I do remember the fleet of Commers/ Dodges they had in the seventies. An old pal of mine even drove one of them, anyone remember Derek Bramwell? I know a number of them were sold to Eddie Atkinson of Beamish? The first one one the road had a mistake in the sign writing, the Legend read, Atkinson Hualage !! It was a couple of weeks before the mistake was noticed. Regards Kev. Ps iām a mine of useless drivel. 
kevmac47:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Does anybody remember C & S having a fleet of Thames Trader artics (single axle trailers) these I think were specifically for use on the AEI job and used to run to AEI Ponders End on a nightly trunk ā ā , at the time I was doing a similiar job to the same place but with an Octopus and drag again on nights but I was at that time still living in Lancashire and we all used the digs just outside the Ponders End factory gates the digs were spot on and well run by one of AEIās own day drivers I was the only driver for my firm whereas there was always quite a few of Cawthorns lads this must have been the late 50s early 60s they also had there own shunter and got there motors turned round and roped and sheeted the trailer lad and me had to tip/load and re-rope and sheet before I got to go to bed but give the Enfield lads their due they did turn me round very quickly and I parked in their yard until going home time and in those days it was good traffic all loads being forklifted multipacks of TV tubes, piece of cake ehā. PS my trip was 100 miles shorter than the Geordie boys.
thanks harry, long retired.Harry, Iām just a nipper compared to you,
hiya,
Thanks for that Kev but I was āresidentā in this neck of the woods in the era of the Commers,
and by the way āyoung manā there is no need to emphasise about me being more ancient than
tea,you should know better than be disrespectful to your elders, if Larry reads this you will be
getting a thick ear, the Traders in question were painted grey I think with AEI transferred on
the door, might have been AEIās own in house transport but definitely from the Birtley set-up
and when in the digs I seem to remember the drivers saying they worked for Cawthornās, or was
it I just couldnāt speak āGeordieā in those far off days and didnāt understand the āforeignersā. 
thanks harry, long retired.
Oopās Harry, sorry to rub your āraw spotā 
your right about the AEI contract it was run by Cawthorns to Ponders End. Regards Kev.